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Red-tailed hawk in flight
March 30, 2023 - Hello everyone! I know it's been a few weeks since I've last posted and I'm so sorry for the delay. Life has been busy!...
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Cormorant in a tree
February 04, 2023 - We are experiencing extremely low temperatures this weekend and last nights temps dropped to roughly -5 degrees. Unfortu...
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Eagle on ice
February 02, 2023 - It's February 2nd, AKA, Groundhog Day... and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning, which means we should expect...
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Rose-breasted grosbeak in the Adirondacks
February 01, 2023 - Wow, I can't believe it is already February 1st. January went by so fast, like a blink of an eye. I'm guessing it went b...
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Blue Jay with a Peanut
January 30, 2023 - Hello and Happy Monday to all. It's hard to believe how fast the weekend goes, partially because the weekend is always s...
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Harbor Seal along the coast
January 27, 2023 - It's Friday and I am not only happy the weekend is here, but I'm completely beat. For the past few months I've been work...
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Lil Red
January 25, 2023 - It's Wednesday, Happy Hump Day to you all. I was so excited when I checked the weather this morning and saw they were pr...
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Stunning Male Cardinal
January 24, 2023 - Well, if I thought yesterday was a long work day.... today was even longer.... I started it at 8am and my last meeting o...
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American Mink
January 23, 2023 - Monday's are brutal. Especially when you work 10 hours and 7 of them was in meetings. The nice part of it though was see...
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Eastern Bluebird
January 22, 2023 - My weekend was really nice, but it went by too quickly. My sister Tammy, her family, and their two dogs spent the weeken...
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Northern Harrier
January 20, 2023 - Yay, it's Friday and my sister is here with her family and two dogs for the weekend. The cats are nervous and are both h...
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Happy Flappy Canada Goose
January 19, 2023 - I'm so bummed I missed a blog post yesterday, but it's been a tough week. I'm so glad tomorrow is Friday and this week w...
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Dromedary Camel at the Adirondack Animal Land
January 17, 2023 - Oh my gosh, today was a long and exhausting day. I didn't sleep well last night and woke up not feeling well with an ups...
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Osprey with a fish
January 16, 2023 - Hey all, sorry I missed a post yesterday. I was so busy all day that by the time I sat down, I was too tired to pick a p...
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Evening Grosbeak in breeding plumage
January 14, 2023 - Hello and Happy Saturday. I hope you all had a good day!
Mine was good and busy. I got up late and then hustled to get...
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Loon with chicks
January 13, 2023 - Yay, it's Friday and the weekend is here. It's time to relax and unwind before starting it all over again next week.
Th...
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Adirondack Chippy
January 12, 2023 - The workday was good, long, but good. I was so busy all day that the day went by very fast, even though I worked until j...
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Snowy Owl
January 11, 2023 - I don't know what the deal is, but all day I've been confused on what day of the week it is. For some odd reason, I kept...
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Atlantic Puffin
January 10, 2023 - This morning was a little hectic as Cooper (my new kitty) had an appointment with his new Dr. He still doesn't come to m...
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Bald Eagle - National emblem of the U.S.
January 09, 2023 - Hello and Happy Monday to you all. Clearly, my least favorite day of the week as it is the first day of my five day work...
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Wood Stork Rookery
January 08, 2023 - It's a beautiful, sunny, Sunday morning here and I'm just kicking back and relaxing with my coffee. I plan to head out l...
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Juvenile yellow-crowned Night-Heron
January 07, 2023 - I'm just loving this lazy Saturday morning after working all week. It's overcast, drizzly, and cold here in the Northeas...
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Burrowing Owl in Southern Florida
January 06, 2023 - Hello all and Happy Friday! It was such a busy week and it went by fast. I can confirm, I really do like four day work w...
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Tricolored Heron on the move
January 05, 2023 - Hey everyone! How is your week going? Mine is good, it's going fast. Things have started to pick up at work and I'm gett...
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Whistling Duck Trio - The Three Amigo's
January 04, 2023 - Two work days down and two more to go. I sure do prefer a four day work week over the typical five day week. Yesterday w...
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Best pileated woodpecker opportunity
January 03, 2023 - Today was my first day back to work after a very nice 17 days off. The time off was great as I got to relax, be lazy, ha...
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Fascinated with the Iguana's
January 02, 2023 - Hello everyone! It is the second day of 2023 and the last day of my 17 days off of work. The 2022 year was a challenging...
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Happy New Year
January 01, 2023 - Hello, Hello, Hello!
Happy New Year to you all!
It's been several years since I've blogged and I've wanted to get back...
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The Three Amigos
July 21, 2019 - It was slated to be one of the hottest days of the year, possibly the hottest, but that didn't stop me from going out to...
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Common Loon Flap
July 04, 2019 - My original plan for today was to get up around 5am and hit the water early with my kayak, but sadly that did not happen...
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What's better than one puffin.... TWO PUFFINS!
June 24, 2019 - Today is day two for me in Maine and my second day of going on an Atlantic Puffin tour with my photography friend. We wo...
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Fun with Puffins
June 23, 2019 - Sixty eight days I ago I booked my airline reservation to go with a photography friend to Northeast Maine to see the Atl...
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Nursing Fawn
June 09, 2019 - My day started a little late as the boyz and I took advantage of having no commitments and sleeping in a little. Part of...
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Waiting for Mama, again...
June 01, 2019 - What a fantastic day out with my camera. The day began early when I picked up my photography buddy at 8:30 am. We first...
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Portrait of a blue jay
May 21, 2019 - Today is my fourth day at camp and my first day that I haven't been working as I finished up around 8:30 last night. Now...
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Meet Woody
May 19, 2019 - The best part of the month of May is that camping season begins. I spent Friday evening and Saturday morning loading up...
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Family of Geese
May 11, 2019 - Over the past few months, the weekends have been filled with rain and even more rain, making it difficult for me to get...
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Great catch for both of us
April 29, 2019 - After work today I was putzing around in my yard with my landscaping when I heard my bluejays yelling like crazy across...
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Rare Duck in NYC
March 27, 2019 - For the past few months there has been a beautiful male Mandarin Duck hanging out in Central Park and today I finally ha...
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Officially Spring
March 24, 2019 - Today's weather screamed... "YAY, it is officially spring"! The morning started off cool, in the 20's with a bright suns...
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Natural Camouflage
March 23, 2019 - My day started a little later than normal as my dogs and I slept in since I new the morning weather would not be so grea...
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My new pal Skunky Poo
March 11, 2019 - For the past week many of my photography friends have been posting amazing shots of a skunk that has been coming out dur...
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Peregrine Falcon giving the photographers her fist
March 09, 2019 - What a gorgeous day today was! It was so nice to finally have a day off with blue sky, sunshine, temps in the mid 40's a...
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Nesting Great Horned Owl
March 04, 2019 - I woke this morning to a few inches of wet snow on the ground. I cleaned up the dog pen and the driveway, then sat at my...
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Life Bird - Snow Goose
February 16, 2019 - Today was a very busy and super exciting day!
Let me first backtrack and say that 2 days ago I received a phone call an...
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Bitter Cold Day at the Grasslands
February 09, 2019 - Today is my beautiful Bailey's 13th birthday (my older chihuahua) so I stayed home for the first half of the day to spen...
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Stalking my bird feeders
January 21, 2019 - On Saturday night we had our first storm of the year. The expectation was 7-10 inches of snow, instead we had roughly 4...
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Goodbye 2018
December 31, 2018 - Wow, it's hard to believe that today is the last day of 2018! It's been a busy year full of activities and making memori...
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Harrier kind of day
December 07, 2018 - I used my final vacation day of the year today and I took advantage of sleeping in just a bit. It was roughly 8:30 when...
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Too Much to Swallow
November 17, 2018 - Today was the second full day at the dam and it was a lot slower than yesterday (not that yesterday was all that busy)....
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Harrier's on the Go
November 11, 2018 - Lately I've been one heck of a blog slacker, but that is only because I've been a photographer slacker. We've had so muc...
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Adirondack Balloon Festival
September 23, 2018 - Every year I try to get to the annual Adirondack Balloon Festival for one of the launches. Usually I catch an evening la...
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Out with my new camera
September 22, 2018 - Today is the first day of fall and it has been absolutely beautiful. The sun shined all day, there was a light breeze, a...
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A Day at the Track
September 01, 2018 - Today I had the pleasure of joining my buddy, Bob, on an outing to Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, CT to watch and photogra...
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Precious Fawns
August 19, 2018 - Hi everyone, I know I've been a bit of a blog slacker lately, but it has been simply too hot and humid out for me. Yeste...
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Hummingbird enjoying the Bee Balm
August 09, 2018 - Wow, I've just realized it's been a long while since my last blog post. I've been out taking photos, but I'm so far behi...
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The Greenies are Back
July 20, 2018 - Oh boy, I just realized how long it has been since my last blog post. Sorry about that. My inability for getting out has...
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Female Osprey with a fish
July 06, 2018 - This morning started out wet as we had thunderstorms overnight, so my friend and I slept in. When we got up, we took thi...
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Cormorant on Lake Champlain
July 04, 2018 - This morning wasn't nearly as hot as it was all week long, so I thought I would head out on the kayak before it got hot.
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Red Fox Kits Playing
June 16, 2018 - I took a four day weekend to go to camp and it has been such a good time. My first day which was Thursday was overcast a...
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Yep, It is the Fawn again
June 09, 2018 - I got up early this morning so I could get an early start and hit up a couple of locations. I first started out along th...
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Great Blue Heron looking for a meal
June 03, 2018 - Today was completely uneventful. I had tossed up the idea of going to the Birds of Prey Event at Green Chimney's or hit...
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They have hatchlings
May 28, 2018 - What a weekend.... Wow, I can't express that enough.... I got away and headed up to camp after having a super stressful...
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Red Fox Kit with a Meadow Vole
April 22, 2018 - My morning began early and my day was long, but it was completely awesome! I was out the door at 7 this morning to head...
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Albino Robin in Crown Point
July 15, 2017 - I feel bad as I haven't posted in while, but life has been busy!
My buddy Justin is with me up at my camper for the wee...
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Portrait of a Great Blue Heron
June 11, 2017 - Oh boy is it a scorcher out there today! I left my house at 8:00 this morning and was back by 1:30 because the sun and h...
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Portrait of a Barred Owl
May 21, 2017 - Happy Sunday everyone! I hope your day has been as good as mine! I made a few stops today and got to see lots of birds....
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Bald Eagle with an air freshener for the nest
March 17, 2017 - Wow, I think I'm still shocked by the events of today as the entire day went completely different than planned. Not even...
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Woodpecker during a snow storm
March 10, 2017 - I woke this morning to an empty bed (no dogs) and to find the snow falling outside. It was really pretty as it was stick...
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Forever in our Hearts, N42
February 24, 2017 - For the past four years I've been watching, observing and photographing a beautiful pair of bald eagles in The Hudson Va...
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The Bald Eagle Couple
February 19, 2017 - My weekend with my cute little niece ended at noon today when I returned her to her dad. We had a really good time and I...
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Immature Bald Eagle in flight
February 18, 2017 - Last night I picked up my niece, Emily, who has been staying with me for the weekend. We've been having such a fantastic...
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February 8, 2017
February 08, 2017 - I spent most of the day yesterday traveling to Florida. My flight was good and I was thrilled with the free upgrade from...
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January 15, 2017
January 15, 2017 - All winter I've been dealing with beautiful, sunny days during the week while I've been stuck at work and weekends full...
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November 20, 2016
November 20, 2016 - Today was day 4 at the dam and it was extremely brutal with heavy winds and wind gusts up to 50 mph. It was really cloud...
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November 19, 2016
November 19, 2016 - Day 3 at the Conowingo Dam was absolutely AMAZING!!!!! I'm in shock that we've had two full days of non-stop activity. T...
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November 18, 2016
November 18, 2016 - Today was day 2 at the Conowingo Dam and it was absolutely FANTASTIC!
I got up at 4:45 this morning and was out the doo...
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November 17, 2016
November 17, 2016 - It's that time of year, my annual trip with friends to the Conowingo Dam. YAY
I woke at 3:40 this morning and was out t...
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July 17, 2016
July 17, 2016 - This morning I woke up and thought it would be a great day to go check on my favorite Osprey family. What a fantastic id...
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July 5, 2016
July 05, 2016 - The boys and I slept in this morning and I took my time getting out to go see the Osprey. It was roughly 11:30 and beaut...
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June 27, 2016
June 27, 2016 - My last blog was of a Mallard Duckling, and in that blog I mentioned two things... The first thing I mention was that li...
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May 20, 2016
May 20, 2016 - I spent the past week up at camp, getting things opened up and set up. I worked with the chipmunks I feed and was lucky...
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March 27, 2016
March 27, 2016 - As always, my weekends are spent enjoying my biggest passion in life... photography. Not just any photography, but wildl...
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February 23, 2016
February 23, 2016 - I took yesterday off as a management directed day off for celebrating my 13th anniversary with IBM. It was a cool, yet s...
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February 6, 2016
February 06, 2016 - I had an absolutely fantastic day out today watching and photographing bald eagles.
At my first location I saw one bald...
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August 2, 2015
August 02, 2015 - Hello everyone! How are you all?
Sadly, this is only my second blog post for 2015 and I do need to improve on my bloggi...
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March 29, 2015
March 29, 2015 - Hello everyone! I know it has been forever since I've posted. Heck, I think this might be the first post of 2015. Appare...
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July 2, 2014 - Day 56
July 02, 2014 - I'm half way through my vacation week and so far everything has been pretty awesome. On Monday I kayaked into Lake Champ...
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June 27, 2014 - Day 53
June 27, 2014 - Today was my last working day before vacation and it was insanely busy. I worked non-stop to try and meet a deadline req...
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June 18, 2014 - Day 51
June 18, 2014 - Today was a very interested day. I don't even know how to explain why in writing, but I shall try.
I began my day by go...
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June 15, 2014 - Day 50
June 15, 2014 - Sadly today is my last day of vacation and I go back to the grind in the morning. Due to it being my last day, I made su...
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June 14, 2014 - Day 49
June 14, 2014 - It is hard to believe that my vacation week is coming to an end with tomorrow being my last day. The week sure did go by...
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May 28, 2014 - Day 46
May 28, 2014 - Today was a beautiful work day from camp. However, it was too cold to sit out at the picnic table, so I sat at the table...
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May 25, 2014 - Day 43
May 25, 2014 - It's been a wonderful weekend at camp. The weather has been touch and go, but when it has been good, it has been great....
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February 11, 2014 - Day 10
February 11, 2014 - We're almost halfway through February and all I can think about is "Spring". This winter has been brutal with snow and r...
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